CVE-2023-6478 (GCVE-0-2023-6478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-13 06:27
Modified
2025-08-04 21:03
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Summary
A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0009 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0010 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0014 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0015 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0016 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0017 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0018 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0020 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253298 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/14f480010a93ff962fef66a16412fafff81ad632
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION Unaffected: 0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.13   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Unaffected: 0:1.8.0-28.el7_9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Unaffected: 0:1.20.4-25.el7_9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:1.13.1-2.el8_9.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:1.20.11-22.el8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:21.1.3-15.el8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:1.13.1-3.el9_3.3   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:1.20.11-24.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:22.1.9-5.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.5   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.2   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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